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the book the secret of the fbi which, of course, gave me a lot of access to the fbi. what happened is that last spring the fbi was scanning e- mails and came across one of his e-mails in his military account referring to something under the desk and they interpreted that as corruption meaning under the table payments and so they looked into it. it turned out it referred to having sex with his mistress and the fbi started an investigation and then they found that the woman had broken up with him and petraeus continued to e-mail thousands of e-mails to her despite the fact that she didn't want them. so that raised another question about judgment and then the fbi expected that he would be forced out immediately because this is a violation of top secret security clearance procedures. you can't compromise yourself to be in a position to be blackmailed by a foreign intelligence service, for example. and the white house said -- >> you say the fbi found out about this some time ago and if this would have put him in such a compromising position, why do you any it took so long
the book the secret of the fbi which, of course, gave me a lot of access to the fbi. what happened is that last spring the fbi was scanning e- mails and came across one of his e-mails in his military account referring to something under the desk and they interpreted that as corruption meaning under the table payments and so they looked into it. it turned out it referred to having sex with his mistress and the fbi started an investigation and then they found that the woman had broken up with him...
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and local police officers. >> this is a problem that the average citizen doesn't see. >> reporter: fbi data shows child prostitution as an evolving crime now considered a nationwide epidemic. >> not only does it happen in american cities, but it happens to american kids. >> reporter: the fbi says many of these vulnerable children were recruited through social media, chat lines and text messaging then groomed to rely on their pimps. >> the child feels entrapped. they don't feel they can leave because they know they would be starving on the street, so they have to stay with this individual in order to make their way. >> reporter: child advocates say this fbi initiative highlights an urgent need for an increase in social services. many of these teen frost opportunities have nowhere to go when they're -- prostitutes have nowhere to go when they're released from teen custody. jonathan hunt, fox news. >>> facebook changed some of your settings without telling you. we'll tell you how to change them back. >> and a lot of teens are lying about their online habits. tips to help you talk to your
and local police officers. >> this is a problem that the average citizen doesn't see. >> reporter: fbi data shows child prostitution as an evolving crime now considered a nationwide epidemic. >> not only does it happen in american cities, but it happens to american kids. >> reporter: the fbi says many of these vulnerable children were recruited through social media, chat lines and text messaging then groomed to rely on their pimps. >> the child feels entrapped....
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she contacted the fbi about anonymous so-called threatening e-mails. the fbi traced the e-mails to paula broadwell, the woman who wrote a biography on general david petraeus. the fbi discovered the two had an affair and petraeus resigned as cia director last friday. now another four star general is being dragged into the sex scandal. general john allen, the man running the war in afghanistan, is being investigated for what may have been potentially inappropriate e-mails with none other than jill kelley, the socialite who sparked the investigation into petraeus in the first place. allen and kelley deny any wrongdoing and the white house backs him up. allen remains president obama's choice to become the supreme allied commander of nato forces in europe, but his nomination on hold until the investigation wraps up. >> if the findings are that he's done nothing wrong, then it would be up to the secretary and president to move forward with the nomination. >> a lot of unked an questions. >> well, i think -- unanswered questions. >> well, i think there's some
she contacted the fbi about anonymous so-called threatening e-mails. the fbi traced the e-mails to paula broadwell, the woman who wrote a biography on general david petraeus. the fbi discovered the two had an affair and petraeus resigned as cia director last friday. now another four star general is being dragged into the sex scandal. general john allen, the man running the war in afghanistan, is being investigated for what may have been potentially inappropriate e-mails with none other than...
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so from the beginning they were outraged as parents. >> metallica, the fbi and virginia state police have a separate campaign using this psa, billboards and social media to try to catch the killer. this effort is designed to develop new leads. similar techniques have led to the arrest of other criminals. in addition to the reward, metallica is adding 50 grand, reward money totaling $150,000. >>> the national park service says the avalanche on mount mckinley may not have killed four climber, but may have sent them into a crevice. one of the japanese climbers got out and made it to base camp and reported the avalanche. the search for the others has been called off. >>> the head of the u.n. mission in syria is demanding women, children, the elderly and ill be allowed to evacuate combat zones. the u.n. says it's having a difficult time getting those people out of those areas because neither the government's loyalists nor rebels will hold fire long enough for them to evacuate safely. yesterday the observers mission was suspended because conditions were so dangerous. >> u.n. observers will
so from the beginning they were outraged as parents. >> metallica, the fbi and virginia state police have a separate campaign using this psa, billboards and social media to try to catch the killer. this effort is designed to develop new leads. similar techniques have led to the arrest of other criminals. in addition to the reward, metallica is adding 50 grand, reward money totaling $150,000. >>> the national park service says the avalanche on mount mckinley may not have killed...
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attorney held a news conference with the irs and the fbi telling reporters further charges against kwame brown are unlikely, but the investigation continues into the former chairman's 2008 campaign. fox 5's paul wagner joins us live tonight with that part of the story. >> the u.s. attorney ron machen called kwame brown's guilty pleas a dark and unfortunate day for the city telling reporters the council chair's resignation was part of the deal. machen said his office did not target brown. instead the charges came as a result of a referral from the d.c. board of ethics and kwame brown himself. >> when mr. brown sent those fraudulent loan documents to the bank, he traded away his principles for personal gain. once we discovered that fraud along with the repeated cash expenditures over and above the $50 limit, we simply could not allow him to remain in his position, a position in which he yielded tremendous influence over a city budget in the billions of dollars. >> blaming the campaign finance charge against brown, prosecutors say he flagrantly abused the law writing one check for $1,500 ca
attorney held a news conference with the irs and the fbi telling reporters further charges against kwame brown are unlikely, but the investigation continues into the former chairman's 2008 campaign. fox 5's paul wagner joins us live tonight with that part of the story. >> the u.s. attorney ron machen called kwame brown's guilty pleas a dark and unfortunate day for the city telling reporters the council chair's resignation was part of the deal. machen said his office did not target brown....
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the fbi says the suspect has been forensically linked to both cases. harrington was last seen in october of 2009 leaving a metallica concert in charlottesville. her remains were found three months later in a hayfield in albemarle county. >>> jerry sandusky's latch ditch effort to delay the start of his trial failed. a judge ruled jury selection will start tomorrow in the penn state child sex abuse trial. the judge also ruled the leaned victims cannot keep -- the alleged victims cannot keep their identities private if they testify. they must testify under their real names. sandusky is charged with abusing 10 boys over a 15 year period which he denies. the judge also banned tweets and other electronic communications from inside the courtroom during the trial. >>> a reward is being offered in the animal slashing investigation at a fairfax county park. the incidents happened on may 26th at frying pan park. two goats, a calf and chicken were badly cut. they are all recovering. the attacks happened a month after three horses were slashed at a nearby farm. a
the fbi says the suspect has been forensically linked to both cases. harrington was last seen in october of 2009 leaving a metallica concert in charlottesville. her remains were found three months later in a hayfield in albemarle county. >>> jerry sandusky's latch ditch effort to delay the start of his trial failed. a judge ruled jury selection will start tomorrow in the penn state child sex abuse trial. the judge also ruled the leaned victims cannot keep -- the alleged victims cannot...
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. >> but it was all part of an fbi sting. we'll begin with maureen umeh with the latest details. >> we're learning more tonight about the suspect in this foiled suicide bombing plot. we know he came from morocco with his parents in 1999 on a visitor's visa that expired that same year and he's lived in the u.s. illegally since. what set him on the path to terrorism is still not clear, but authorities say he was determined to do great harm. 29-year-old a menelik live if i appeared in -- amine el khalifi appeared in court friday afternoon with his hands behind his back and didn't say a word. federal authorities say el khalifi had been hatching a plot more than a year and tried to carry out. a criminal complaint charges el khalifi with knowingly and unlawfully attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against property owned and used by the united states. federal authorities say el khalifi's plan began in january, 2011, when an fbi informant listened to el khalifi and another man at an arlington apartment say the war on terro
. >> but it was all part of an fbi sting. we'll begin with maureen umeh with the latest details. >> we're learning more tonight about the suspect in this foiled suicide bombing plot. we know he came from morocco with his parents in 1999 on a visitor's visa that expired that same year and he's lived in the u.s. illegally since. what set him on the path to terrorism is still not clear, but authorities say he was determined to do great harm. 29-year-old a menelik live if i appeared in...
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mayor vincent gray is accused of lying to the fbi. >> we'll begin with a weather alert. more storms are thundering their way through d.c. tonight. good evening. i'm brian bolter. >> and i'm shawn yancy. >> sadly it's prince william county again with a flash flood warning means flooding is occurring until 10:45. we've had reports of a high water rescue in the gainesboro area. now can see most of that is shifting. i'll give you a closer vis the flash flood warning and most of the rain has moved over to fairfax county around vienna and mclean. we're getting rainfall rate much lighter there, but wait till you see some of the rain totals ininess william county and fauquier. we scoot up higher -- totals in prince william county and fauquier. we scoot up higher and have rain in prince william county. we'll spotlight the area with the flash flood warning. this is for the city of manassas in prince william until 10:45. right there in central prince william and they have been getting pounded for 48 hours. you'll recall two nights ago we had really pretty disastrous flooding in tha
mayor vincent gray is accused of lying to the fbi. >> we'll begin with a weather alert. more storms are thundering their way through d.c. tonight. good evening. i'm brian bolter. >> and i'm shawn yancy. >> sadly it's prince william county again with a flash flood warning means flooding is occurring until 10:45. we've had reports of a high water rescue in the gainesboro area. now can see most of that is shifting. i'll give you a closer vis the flash flood warning and most of...
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the video only shows one suspect, that is, the video the fbi released to the media. what's unclear is whether or not anything was accessed here at this atm and whether or not they got anything. we know in the previous two attempts nothing was talk. in georgetown paul wagner -- was taken. in georgetown paul wagner, fox 5 news. >>> also caught on camera a ride on a bus slams into a home as passengers hang on for dear life. it happened monday morning in silver spring. this is surveil video from inside the bus. you can see the passenger goes flying when the bus drive lost control, then crashed right into the front door of a home. two people were inside the house at the time. fortunately no one was hurt. >>> in a press conference today republican congressman todd akin reaffirmed his plans to stay in missouri's u.s. senate race. he's been under fire for recent comments suggesting women's bodies have ways of avoiding pregnancy during what he called legitimate rape. top republicans have asked akin to drop out of the senate race. >> apparently there's some people who are havi
the video only shows one suspect, that is, the video the fbi released to the media. what's unclear is whether or not anything was accessed here at this atm and whether or not they got anything. we know in the previous two attempts nothing was talk. in georgetown paul wagner -- was taken. in georgetown paul wagner, fox 5 news. >>> also caught on camera a ride on a bus slams into a home as passengers hang on for dear life. it happened monday morning in silver spring. this is surveil...
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the justice department and fbi are now looking into the deadly shooting of trayvon martin by a hispanic neighborhood watch captain. fox 5's karen gray houston has the latest from the newsroom. >> the mayor of sanford flew to d.c. to meet with officials to talk about a federal investigation. he met with the head of the justice department civil rights division in the capitol hill offices of florida congresswoman corrine brown. she wanted to hear firsthand what is going to happen next. the shooting of 17-year-old trayvon martin has captured the nation's attention. the black teenager was shot and killed in a gated community by neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman who said he thought martin was a suspicious person. martin's father's fiancee lives in that community. turns out martin had a soft drink in his hand and candy skittles in his pocket. zimmerman has not been arrested by local sanford police. the mayor updated the media here in washington after his hour long meeting with justices. >> we had great conversation. they basically said anything you can do to help us down this path an
the justice department and fbi are now looking into the deadly shooting of trayvon martin by a hispanic neighborhood watch captain. fox 5's karen gray houston has the latest from the newsroom. >> the mayor of sanford flew to d.c. to meet with officials to talk about a federal investigation. he met with the head of the justice department civil rights division in the capitol hill offices of florida congresswoman corrine brown. she wanted to hear firsthand what is going to happen next. the...
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this all stems from a guilty plea brooks gave admitting he lied to the fbi. brooks worked for vincent gray's campaign and admitted he helped pay sulaimon brown to stay in the race so brown could verbally attack then mayor adrian fenty. the judge said she'd consider brooks' past and the help he has given to others over the years. she also took into consideration the help brooks has provided to the fbi as they continue to investigate the gray campaign. that is one reason she did not sentence brooks to jail time. mayor gray has said many times in the past that he did not participate in the illegal activity to pay sulaimon brown. still the u.s. attorney's office continues to investigate his campaign. in the district matt ackland, fox 5 news. >>> president obama says he was just too polite in the debate with mitt romney last week. the president made his lengthiest comments so far on the performance in an interview with abc. he said it gets repetitive to keep saying romney's claims aren't true. he compared it to winning two games and losing the third in a seven-gam
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. >> the fbi says this was the target, route 82 bridge over the cuyahoga valley national park in brecksville, ohio, 15 miles south of cleveland. >> at no time in the investigation was the public ever in danger. >> five men alleged to be self- described anarchists under arrest. vided them in october with what they thought were c-4 explosives, but, in fact, were duds. >> last night the coconspirators placed the two bombs at the bases of concrete support pillars for this high level bridge and attempted to remotely detonate the devices from a location that they deemed safe. >> the undercover investigation resembles others that exposed terror plots in the d.c. area. in february a man was charged with trying to blow up the u.s. capitol after undercover agents gave him a nonworking bomb. in october, 2010 a virginia man was arrested for plotting to bomb a metro train, but in those cases islamic extremism was the accused motive. this time home grown rant arckist terrorism is being alleged -- anarchist terrorism is being alleged. >> there's always going to be whackos out there. >> reporter: this exper
. >> the fbi says this was the target, route 82 bridge over the cuyahoga valley national park in brecksville, ohio, 15 miles south of cleveland. >> at no time in the investigation was the public ever in danger. >> five men alleged to be self- described anarchists under arrest. vided them in october with what they thought were c-4 explosives, but, in fact, were duds. >> last night the coconspirators placed the two bombs at the bases of concrete support pillars for this...
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. >>> the fbi and officials from the department of education raided three act college locations in virginia today, the raid coming weeks after the vocational school abruptly closed its doors following claims of faking student records and failing to hand out student aid. federal agency's financial records and computers, no word yet on charges or arrests. act college released this statement on its website. "after 30 years act college has been forced to close its doors. we will make every possible effort to provide information that will help our students complete their programs of study." study." >> the fox 5 weather team is tracking a serious weekend warm- up. we'll take live look outside. hard to believe a few days ago we were talking about cold temperatures because we'll be feeling the summer heat the next few days. fox 5's gary mcgrady has details from the weather center. >> most of this week we've been right at normal or a little below. that's going to change this weekend. speaking of the temperatures, let's look at today as he high temperatures. it was 67 here -- today's high temperature
. >>> the fbi and officials from the department of education raided three act college locations in virginia today, the raid coming weeks after the vocational school abruptly closed its doors following claims of faking student records and failing to hand out student aid. federal agency's financial records and computers, no word yet on charges or arrests. act college released this statement on its website. "after 30 years act college has been forced to close its doors. we will make...
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. >> we have 33 people that are legitimate with the fbi and security of. reporter: hundreds more officers from a variety of agencies will be scanning the crowds for signs of pickpocketing, even prostitution. fans taking in the festivities seem more concerned with who will win the match-up between the patriots and giants. >> it's really cool they're playing here because i think theo win. reporter: for the first time since bart starr and the green bay packers won the super bowl game there will be an occupy protest but officials don't believe it will pose a major security threat. >>> one school is issuing an unusual ban telling kids to keep valentine's candy at home. >>> also ahead a story that will touch your heart, a local boy's wish come true. we'll show you how his magical trip to hawaii for the pro bowl happened. >> this fox 5 stock market report is brought to you by your lexus dealer. live life heroically. we're gonna erase breast cancer once and for all. walking 60 miles... in three days. (woman) we're un
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cuts in nia's cancer researchers, 8% cuts for air traffic controllers, border security and even the fbi. if lawmakers can't reach a compromise, they'll all take effect january 3rd. the white house says half the cuts will come from domestic programs and half from defense spending. the ranking member of the house budget committee congressman chris van hollen of maryland says there's a lot at stake. >> it would be devastating to the economy and hurt very important investments like the national institutes of health and the research going on there, air traffic controllers. all the ongoing functions of government would see a buzzsaw cut. >> reporter: the sequester cuts were triggered after the supercommittee failed to reach a budget deal. they'll take effect january 3rd unless congress enacts legislation to replace them. >> you have to raise taxes and cut spending. >> the two sides seem miles apart. no one expects a deal to go through before the election. >> so our view is we have should follow the approach that bipartisan groups have recommended, which is a mix of cuts, but also eliminating
cuts in nia's cancer researchers, 8% cuts for air traffic controllers, border security and even the fbi. if lawmakers can't reach a compromise, they'll all take effect january 3rd. the white house says half the cuts will come from domestic programs and half from defense spending. the ranking member of the house budget committee congressman chris van hollen of maryland says there's a lot at stake. >> it would be devastating to the economy and hurt very important investments like the...
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admitted to flushing a $100,000 bribe check down the toilet and stuffing $80,000 in her underwear as fbi agents arrived at the couple's home. >>> another severely injured pitbull abandoned in anne arundel county, the dog found less than 5 miles from where another wounded pitbull was discovered last month. police believe both animals were used for dogfighting. >> her name is princess and despite the odds she's alive. she was found in this parking lot in anne arundel county last friday with a gaping hole under her front armpit, numerous bites and scars. >> any time we see an animal in these conditions it breaks our heart. it's not something any of us want to see and want hope to put an end to it soon. >> reporter: anne arundel county animal control officials believe princess may have been used for dogfighting. the scars are consistent. >> princess actually has scars and scabs that are evidence of some more longer term history of dogfighting being involved. >> reporter: there are also concerns she may have come from the same place as this guy, rocky road. princess was found less than 5 mile
admitted to flushing a $100,000 bribe check down the toilet and stuffing $80,000 in her underwear as fbi agents arrived at the couple's home. >>> another severely injured pitbull abandoned in anne arundel county, the dog found less than 5 miles from where another wounded pitbull was discovered last month. police believe both animals were used for dogfighting. >> her name is princess and despite the odds she's alive. she was found in this parking lot in anne arundel county last...
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. >> reporter: the fbi believes mayes killed the girls' 14-year- old sister yawn and their mother jo ann bain. -- sister and their mother jo ann bain. mayes wife was also charged in the deaths. the bodies were discovered buried outside the mayes' home in mississippi. >> i think we may be able to ascertain what his motive might have been, but now we just can't say because we've not interviewed everybody that we intend to interview. >> reporter: back in 2010 mayes was investigated on allegations of child abuse and possession of child pornography. he denied those allegations and was never charged. the girls were whisked out of this location by ambulance and transported to a hospital some 90 miles north of here in memphis, tennessee, where they were treated for dehydration and are now home safe and sound. in alpine, mississippi, casey steigel, fox news. >>> two groundbreaking develops in the fight against hiv and aids, the pill and take-home test that could prevent new cases. >> plus a viral video of a marine's homecoming with a twist. >>> but first here's fox business network's neil cav
. >> reporter: the fbi believes mayes killed the girls' 14-year- old sister yawn and their mother jo ann bain. -- sister and their mother jo ann bain. mayes wife was also charged in the deaths. the bodies were discovered buried outside the mayes' home in mississippi. >> i think we may be able to ascertain what his motive might have been, but now we just can't say because we've not interviewed everybody that we intend to interview. >> reporter: back in 2010 mayes was...
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she is the one who called the fbi. kelley and her husband had a close relationship with the petraeus and that the kelleys are in maiming otherdebt owing more than $2 million on a building they own. >>> the president held his first conference after his election. sex scandal, secret documents and a new secretary of state. >> if the president was expecting a new honeymoon with reporters, that quickly disappeared in the wake of the sex scandal that took down cia director david petraeus. >> i have no evidence from what i have seen that classified information was disclosed that in any way would have had a negative impact on our national security. >> reporter: the scandal has now 'em broiled afghanistan commander general john allen. when asked if the fbi should have revealed the investigation to him in the country prior to the election, the president withheld judgment. >> it is also possible that, had we been told, then you would be sitting here asking about why are you interfering in a criminal investigation? >> reporter: on
she is the one who called the fbi. kelley and her husband had a close relationship with the petraeus and that the kelleys are in maiming otherdebt owing more than $2 million on a building they own. >>> the president held his first conference after his election. sex scandal, secret documents and a new secretary of state. >> if the president was expecting a new honeymoon with reporters, that quickly disappeared in the wake of the sex scandal that took down cia director david...